How To Request a Pay Raise (With Steps and Tips You Can Use)
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When you've achieved significant accomplishments at work or when you've taken on new responsibilities, you may consider requesting a raise. Increased pay can potentially help you feel more satisfied in your role and achieve your own personal financial goals. Requesting a raise can also boost your confidence at work and support your career growth. In this article, we discuss the definition of a pay raise, provide steps you can use to ask for your next pay increase and answer some frequently asked questions about pay increases, to help you evaluate and improve your own salary.
What is a pay raise?
A pay raise, sometimes referred to as a merit increase, is usually a desirable event that occurs when an employee receives a higher rate of pay than they received before. Employers might award you with one to recognise a career achievement, extended tenure or even an increase in the cost of living. A raise is usually monetary and might also include additional perks or benefits such as extra holidays and personal days. Increasing your wages can also inspire other benefits such as increased self-esteem and career advancement.
How to ask for a raise
If you believe you're qualified for an increase in pay, consider discussing this with your manager or supervisor. Taking the time to prepare can increase your chances of negotiating a higher raise and can help you feel more at ease when speaking with your manager. Use these steps to help you negotiate a higher raise:
1. Track your accomplishments
When you ask your manager for a raise, show them the value you bring to the company and provide them with examples of when you exceeded expectations. Record your accomplishments to help you recall evidence of your success easily. For example, this can include major projects, added responsibilities, training or new credentials, such as an advanced degree. Try to refer to measurable achievements whenever possible. Start tracking your accomplishments and accolades as soon as you're hired to show your growth over time.
2. Research average salaries
Use online resources to conduct research and determine how your pay compares to others in the same industry and position. Make sure to compare your salary to others with the same level of experience and to those with similar qualifications for the most accurate data. Consider localising your research to your geographical location to account for the different average wages in different places.
During your research, consider any outside factors that may affect both your current and proposed salary. For example, both your geographic location and the cost of living in your city can alter your pay rate. Your company's size and financial state may also affect your salary. Doing a fair amount of research can help you set realistic expectations regarding a salary range and find a particular figure to use as your starting point during negotiations.
3. Identify potential obstacles
Consider anything that might impede your request for higher compensation. For example, your company may have recently laid-off employees or performed other cost-cutting measures. These activities might mean your company has fewer funds to allocate to your pay increase. If you decide to negotiate a raise despite these circumstances, let your boss know you're aware of these situations and ask them how you can help resolve these challenges. You might even suggest strategies to support your raise while minimising the financial impact on your organisation.
4. Consider a fair salary
Taking your research and value into consideration gives you an idea of a realistic salary range and provides you with information to use when requesting a raise. Identify a fair salary number and aim for a slightly higher figure to allow for negotiation. Be sure to keep your expectations reasonable and comparable to other similar roles.
5. Consider negotiating benefits
Before you start a conversation regarding a raise, think of other areas you may be willing to negotiate outside of your salary. For example, you might negotiate benefits like more holiday time, stock options or flexible work hours. Consider mentioning these alternatives or additions at the beginning of your pitch. You can also keep a few in mind in case your manager doesn't approve a higher monetary raise.
6. State your case at the right time
Consider requesting a raise after taking on additional responsibilities or after you successfully completed a project. This provides your boss with more examples of the value you present to the company. You can also ask for a raise when your employer doesn't have a set schedule for raises or when you have someone to advocate on your behalf. Consider making your request for a pay increase when your company is doing well financially, also, to boost your chances of success.
7. Set up a meeting
Set up a meeting with your manager to begin a dialogue about a higher raise. Use your understanding of your manager's communication style and preferences to develop a plan for your pitch. Include a statement of your desire to receive a more substantial raise given your new responsibilities or previous accomplishments and accolades.
For example, you can start by saying, "Thank you for the opportunity to succeed as a part of your team. I'd like to request a raise given my added responsibilities and recent project completions. Is it possible to adjust my salary to reflect this? Based on the research I've done, I was hoping for a raise of [your desired salary]." You can also provide them with a typed list of your accomplishments with your salary request at the top of the document.
Frequently asked questions about raises
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about raises:
What are other words used to discuss raises?
Some employers use different terminology to discuss raises. For example, some companies might call a pay raise a merit increase when it's connected to excellent performance. Sometimes, people use the word promotion in connection with a raise. A promotion often includes a higher title or role in addition to a raise. You might also hear the phrases wage increase or salary increase used when discussing pay increases at work.
When is it appropriate to ask for a raise?
Here are some times when it might be appropriate to ask for a raise:
Following a specific event or achievement: If you've recently accomplished a significant achievement or completed a noteworthy task at work, you might consider it to be a good time to ask for a raise. If you've successfully led a profitable project, for example, you might include that accomplishment as evidence of your value and a reason you deserve a higher wage.
When your company is doing well: Some businesses award raises based on the company's overall financial success. Be mindful of your organisation's overall fiscal well-being and consider timing your pay increase request for a time when the business is doing well. They may be more likely to agree to your raise when there are extra resources available to fund it.
Based on your company's pay increase schedule: Some companies offer wage increases on a set schedule, in which case your request may be most successful in line with that time frame. Others provide raises only upon request and with evidence of strong performance. Note which format your company uses and plan accordingly.
Tips for requesting a raise
Here are some additional tips you can use when requesting a pay raise:
Communicate clearly: Clear communication can be a foundational element of a successful request for a pay increase. Be sure to choose your language carefully, whether you're using writing or spoken communication to make your request.
Stay positive: Emphasising your accomplishments and positive contributions to your organisation can help you make a more effective appeal for a wage increase. Maintaining a positive attitude can also help you feel more confident in your request which might affect your manager's decision.
Leverage your experience: Be sure to request a wage increase when you've been with a company long enough to prove your value to your team. If you have extensive experience in your field or a lengthy tenure with your current company, you might use this information to your advantage when requesting a raise.
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This method for nondestructively measuring weld characteristics generates narrowband ultrasounds and uses a signal processing procedure that combines wavenumber-frequency (k-w) domain filtering and synthetic phase tuning to reduce the complexity of Lamb-wave signals.
Laser generated ultrasound methods have previously been used to measure weld penetration depth in thick plates using time-of-flight diffraction techniques to determine weld quality. This method no longer works when the thickness of a structure decreases to the wavelength of an ultrasound signal. In these thinner structures, determining weld penetration requires the ability to measure the diffraction of highly complex Lamb waves. These waves vary with material density and thickness, and robust computational systems are required to evaluate feedback signals.
This technology uses k-w domain filtering to remove unwanted wave components and synthetic phase tuning to amplify and isolate a particular Lamb-wave mode. The signal processing procedure facilitates the calculation of reflection coefficients of Lamb waves that result from the presence of weld joints. This results in an effective, nondestructive method of evaluating penetration depth of butt welds in thin plates.
Eliminates cut checks:Provides a nondestructive method for evaluating weld quality Real-time inspections:Allows for automation of welding operations Goes long:Uses Lamb waves to test welds over a larger area than is possible using higher frequency ultrasound waves Cost effective:Is faster, less labor intensive, less material waste
This technology can be used in a wide range of industrial welding applications, such as automotive and aerospace manufacturing. It is ideally suited for robotic or automated manufacturing that relies on real-time quality inspection.
This technology provides a fast, real-time, nondestructive method for measuring weld characteristics, particularly in thin-plate joins. Butt joint welding is an essential process of joining parts in many industries. Traditional methods to check weld quality involve cutting a sample across the weld and visually inspecting the weld penetration. This process is time-consuming, destructive, and cannot be automated. Ultrasonic inspection techniques offer nondestructive testing; however, these have not yet been developed for automated real-time inspection during manufacture, nor are they effective for thin-plate joins.


Blue Carbon Initiative: Guidelines for Blue Carbon and NDCs
News 02.03.21
The Blue Carbon and Nationally Determined Contributions: Guidelines on Enhanced Action provides a guide on how countries may include blue carbon in their Nationally Determined Contributions.
Blue carbon ecosystems – mangroves, seagrasses and tidal marshes – can contribute to countries’ commitments to achieving the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. Some 151 countries around the world contain at least one coastal blue carbon ecosystem, and 71 countries contain all three, making blue carbon a broadly applicable approach for addressing climate change.
The guidelines support countries seeking to promote and preserve the climate benefits of blue carbon ecosystems by providing technical guidance on the multiple avenues for including these ecosystems within updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Climate Agreement. Given the multiple justifications for including coastal blue carbon in NDCs and the varying levels of relevant national capacity, this guidance describes a range of options. The document recommends a “tiered approach”, similar to that employed by IPCC guidance, to demonstrate how a variety of motivations and starting points represent viable pathways for the inclusion of coastal blue carbon ecosystems in NDCs.


Becoming a Full Professor While Black: Dr. Collett’s Mentoring Model for PA Faculty Advancement
PAEA would like to congratulate DeShana Collett, PhD, PA-C on her promotion to full professor within the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at the University of Kentucky. I had the pleasure of discussing with Dr. Collett about her journey, from wanting to become a PA and ultimately a tenured PA faculty member. Becoming a tenured PA faculty member is an amazing accomplishment, especially as a Black woman. It is even more noteworthy because many Black faculty must overcome the Black Tax, the cultural tax of assisting with many diversity initiatives while navigating educational environments that are hostile towards minoritized people. When asked about her success, Dr. Collett humbly reminded me it was not her alone but there are a cadre of people that supported her as she navigated. She shared, “I had to learn to translate the skill of advocating for my patients to advocating for myself. As a PA, we learn this in a clinical setting, but it was as a new faculty member where I was the only one from a diverse background that I learned this skill.”
Dr. Collett is extremely committed to sharing her experience to mentor other PAs of color. In our interview, she did not focus on herself but rather the lessons she believes would be beneficial to others who might feel isolated as the only person of color in their programs. Dr. Collett shared how she is deeply rooted in a community of PAs of color, and she has surrounded herself with people that care about her wellness and success. She shared, “In my community, we show up for each other. I remember when we would meet in person at the PAEA Education Forum, and we could find new faculty of color and pull them in and let them know they are not alone. Even though it might look like it on your campus, we got you.”
In her career, Dr. Collett has found that institutional environments might not meet the needs of faculty members from diverse backgrounds, and they must look outside and expand beyond what is at their school. Dr. Collett has a mentoring network of individuals that she leverages to assist in her success. The people in her network serve three major roles. There can be more than one person in each role, and the person in each role can change based on her needs:
Sponsor:A person who is your cheerleader and has a voice or institutional power that can assist in advocating for you. They tend to be someone of senior leadership. They have a seat at the table and can advocate for you when you don’t have a seat. They will find you a chair so you can have access or receive recognition. This person can often work behind the scenes to bring your name up for awards or leadership opportunities. These people talk about you. Mentor:A person who will give you critical advice on how you can improve and grow in your trajectory. They provide feedback based on their experience. The critical advice might not always be something you want to hear, but that you need to grow. These folks talk with you. Coach:A person who can see the bigger picture but helps you focus on particular goals. They keep you in the game and help recognize what you can do to achieve your goals, whether it is improving or acquiring new skills. They listen to you, recognize your strengths and leverage this in a positive approach while they help you understand it is a journey. These individuals talk to you.
If you are feeling alone, Dr. Collett encourages her colleagues to seek out a broad network of sponsors, mentors, and coaches. She did not rise to her position solely on her own, and her network’s support remains invaluable as she continues her journey. With a dedicated, supportive network, you can do it! Dr. Collett reminds all of us to know you are worthy and have value, and no one can take that fact away. You will bring many contributions to institutional spaces that will impact people around you. But while you are impacting others, do not forget to go after what makes you feel joyful. You have earned that.


If you're planning to get a mortgage, it's critical that you know your rights under the law. The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) is a piece of federal legislation that governs how mortgage lenders can and cannot operate their businesses. So how does the Truth in Lending Act protect you, and what are your rights under this legislation? Here's what you need to know. Your Lender Must Give You A Timely Loan Estimate A Loan Estimate (previously known as a Good Faith Estimate) is a document your lender provides you that details information about what kind of a mortgage you've…


As a result of recent changes to the Residential Tenancies Act, some LTB Interpretation Guidelines have also been changed. Interpretation Guidelines are intended to assist the parties in understanding the LTB’s usual interpretation of the law, to provide guidance to LTB Members and promote consistency in decision-making. However, Guidelines are not binding and a Member may make a different decision depending on the facts of the case.
The following Guidelines have been recently changed:
Guideline 6: Tenants Rights Guideline 10: Procedural Issues Regarding Eviction Applications Guideline 12: Eviction for Personal Use, Demolition, Repairs and Conversion Guideline 14: Applications for Rent Increases Above the Guideline


Past Fellows
Ieman Mona El-Mowafi was a 2016-2020 CRHC Research Fellow based in Amman, Jordan. She completed her Honour’s Bachelor’s in Health Sciences degree at the University of Ottawa, Canada in 2016. She has worked on multiple projects focused on women’s reproductive health, including a study documenting women’s experiences obtaining abortion care in Prince Edward Island. Her passion for reproductive health has led her to pursue a project in working to improve Syrian women’s access to emergency contraception in both the Za’atari refugee camp and urban communities in Jordan. She completed her MSc in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa.
Anna Rodriguez was a 2019 CRHC Legal Fellow based in the US. She is a legal student at Berkeley Law and a Florida native. Before starting law school, she worked on the 2016 Democratic campaign as a grassroots organizer in Iowa and as a Communications Fellow at Conway Strategic in Washington, DC. In her professional work she has done research to advance reproductive justice for marginalized people, especially in rural and Latinx communities. She hopes to eventually practice law as an impact litigator in reproductive rights.
Astrid Reyes was a 2019 CRHC Legal Fellow based in the US. She is a third year student at NYU School of Law, with a focus on the intersection of reproductive justice and international human rights law. She has worked on reproductive and women’s rights issues in the context of Latin American and the US, challenging abortion restrictions, the criminalization of pregnancy-related behaviors, obstetric violence, and forced sterilization of ethnic and racial minorities.
Samantha Lint was a 2018-2019 CRHC Legal Fellow based in Cambridge, MA. She is a student at Harvard Law School, with experience in international development, international criminal law, and reproductive health and rights. Samantha is contributing to a CRHC project through legal research on the criminalization of abortion and federal and state regulations of health care providers and pharmaceutical products. She is interested in the intersection of law, human rights, and reproductive health in conflict, low-resource, or politically hostile settings.
Kate MacFarlane was a 2016-2017 CRHC Research Fellow conducting a reproductive health needs assessment with the Rohingya refugee population residing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. While pursuing her Master's in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa, Kate carried out research projects relating to abortion and reproductive health in Canada and Turkey. She is interested in enhancing reproductive health service delivery among conflict-affected populations and continuing advocacy work in regions where abortion and contraception are difficult to access.
Ellen Tousaw was a 2016-2017 CRHC Research Fellow based on the Thailand-Burma border. After completing her Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences in French Immersion at the University of Ottawa in 2014, Ellen was part of the inaugural team of the Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre which provides pregnancy, birth, and postpartum options for women in the Ottawa area. Her passion for women's health and her experience with under-serviced populations led her to pursue a project documenting women's experiences accessing essential reproductive health care on the Thailand-Burma border.
Grace Sheehy was based in Yangon, Myanmar as a 2015-2016 CRHC Research Fellow funded by an OceanPath fellowship through the Coady Institute. In Yangon, she developed an initiative that aims to expand opportunities for young and unmarried women to learn about sexual and reproductive health. This initiative built on her recently completed MSc thesis at the University of Ottawa, where she led a reproductive health needs assessment in peri-urban Yangon. Over the past three years, Grace has also contributed to qualitative research projects on women’s health in Ontario, interned at a global health research institute in Bangladesh, and worked at Canada’s International Development Research Centre. She is interested in exploring ways that research, policy and practice can be merged to expand access to comprehensive reproductive health care.
Dr. Yadanar was a 2015-2016 Research Fellow based in Yangon, Myanmar and Melbourne, Australia. A passionate advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for young women, Dr. Yadanar holds a medical degree from the University of Medicine in Yangon. She contributed to CRHC's reproductive health needs assessment in peri-urban Yangon in 2014, and she previously worked as the Young Women's Coordinator at the YWCA, where she helped develop safe spaces to equip adolescent girls with SRHR skills and knowledge. Dr. Yadanar's dream is to be part of the health sector reform process and contribute to policy-making in Myanmar in order to help make SRHR services and knowledge accessible to all.
Grady Arnott was a 2014-2015 Research Fellow with CRHC based on the Thailand-Burma border, where she worked to expand access to essential reproductive health care for Burmese migrants and refugees. A graduate from the University of Ottawa's MSc in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Grady's thesis explored the implications of health policy on access to reproductive health commodities in refugee, conflict, and crisis settings. She is interested in the intersections between policy, law, and reproductive justice, and continues to pursue action-oriented research on health policy and reproductive health.
Jillian Gedeon was a 2014-2015 Research Fellow based in Mae Sot, Thailand, specializing in reproductive health research and education. She completed a Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa, Canada in 2014, where she researched women's experiences with long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) on the Thailand-Burma border. Jill's passion for reproductive health, coupled with her ability to connect with youth, has led her to mentor, train, and educate youth locally, nationally, and internationally.


BACKGROUND: In 2008, a diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, and inactivated poliovirus combined vaccine (DTaP-IPV) was licensed for use in children 4 through 6 years of age. While pre-licensure studies did not demonstrate significant safety concerns, the number vaccinated in these studies was not sufficient to examine the risk of uncommon but serious adverse events. OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk of serious adverse events following DTaP-IPV vaccination. METHODS: The study was conducted from January 2009 through September 2012 in the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) project. In the VSD, electronic vaccination and encounter data are updated and aggregated weekly as part of ongoing surveillance activities. Based on previous reports and biologic plausibility, eight potential adverse events were monitored: meningitis/encephalitis; seizures; stroke; Guillain-Barre syndrome; Stevens-Johnson syndrome; anaphylaxis; serious allergic reactions other than anaphylaxis; and serious local reactions. Adverse event rates in DTaP-IPV recipients were compared to historical incidence rates in the VSD population prior to 2009. Sequential probability ratio testing was used to analyze the data on a weekly basis. RESULTS: During the study period, 201,116 children received DTaP-IPV vaccine. Ninety-seven percent of DTaP-IPV recipients also received other vaccines on the same day, typically measles-mumps-rubella and varicella vaccines. There was no statistically significant increased risk of any of the eight pre-specified adverse events among DTaP-IPV recipients when compared to historical incidence rates. CONCLUSIONS: In this safety surveillance study of more than 200,000 DTaP-IPV vaccine recipients, there was no evidence of increased risk for any of the pre-specified adverse events monitored. Continued surveillance of DTaP-IPV vaccine safety may be warranted to monitor for rare adverse events, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome.


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Original article written by Cory Turner for NPR.
Back in May, with government funding in the air due to the ongoing pandemic, school funding experts predicted a looming financial disaster for K-12 schools in the upcoming academic year. However, thanks in part to the CARES Act, schools have been able to avoid a short-term funding crisis. The article describes how schools typically get their funding from state tax revenues. Back in March, states were facing budget cuts in the 20-30% range. The CARES Act helped to avoid such drastic cuts, instead we are experiencing a "bad year" with budget cuts ranging from 15-20%. It's not clear when — or even if — lawmakers will agree on another relief package for schools. The CARES Act was seven months ago, and, while the coronavirus relief bill did provide K-12 schools with more than $13 billion in emergency funding, the money came with restrictions on how it could be spent and won't begin to cover schools' continuing costs. Schools have needed to spend extra on PPE, facility cleaning, and extra technology such as laptops and internet hot spots for students. As a result of the budget cuts, "there are about 570,000 fewer local education jobs" this year compared to the start of the previous school year, says Michael Leachman, who studies state fiscal policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. "Those are teachers, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, secretaries, librarians, counselors." While the financial impact of these cuts is clearly stated, there is the added element of the learning loss students, especially low-income students, are currently experiencing. While complete disaster was avoided on the funding side, vulnerable students falling behind in school poses another disaster in the coming months, especially if schools are not granted additional relief.
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These craft professionals construct various types scaffold to access specific areas of a building or structure, including piping, ducting, and other objects in the commercial, industrial, maritime, and residential realms. A scaffold erector is required to work as a member of an assembly/ dismantling scaffolding crew and sometimes will work alone as part of an assisted build. A scaffold erector must also understand how to work safely during the set up and dismantling of temporary scaffold.
CITC’s four-year program is designed to prepare the scaffold erector students for a career in scaffold erection in multiple industries such as commercial, industrial, and maritime through lab work and instruction in topics such as frames, system, suspension, and tube & clamp scaffolding as well as shoring and shielding. Emphasis on safe work processes is stressed throughout the program. To receive a graduation certificate from CITC’s scaffold erector program a student must complete a minimum of nine (9) consecutive quarters (levels 2 through 4). It is assumed that all students are working in the field.


The 3 key roles in any innovative team
In my experience working with creative or innovative groups or teams there are 3 key roles.
Each is important.
The 3 roles are —
a creator, enhancer and judger.
One without the other will mean smaller ideas or plenty of blue-sky ideas without any grounded feedback.
The first scenario will lead to ‘me-too’ changes and little value.
The second situation can lead to wasted potential creativity.
Here is an explanation of each role.
The creator
As the name implies this is the person (or persons) who
creates the initial idea or solution.
It might be in response to a problem and/or simply someone who believes they have invented a better way.
It might come from the most unexpected of people, places and times.
This role can be a lonely one as many people often want to tear down or reject the new.
It can also be glamorous and exciting as in an advertising agency for example.
The enhancer
The main function of this role is to
take the initial idea or solution and make it better.
They often play a kind of sounding-board role where ideas are bounced off one another.
This role requires a
special kind of trust between the creator or originator and the enhancer.
The originator needs the enhancer to firstly listed to the intended idea and then to make a
genuine attempt to transform the idea into a workable concept. The judger
This is a popular role among many leaders.
In fact, it is the only role they tend to play!
The main goal of this role is to
provide some real yet constructive feedback of the idea.
This could also be called the devil’s advocate role.
The role
highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the idea or any potential barriers.
This is invaluable feedback if the idea or solution has any chance to move forward.
Remember it’s the role not the person
The important point to remember is that these are roles not people.
One day you might be the creator and the next day the enhancer of someone else’s idea.
Perhaps later that day you could play the role of judger.
Thinking about roles not people means that
everyone can contribute to the innovation process.
It also means that all roles are
celebrated as equally important.


Allies and Rivals: German-American Exchange and the Rise of the Modern Research University
During the nineteenth century, nearly ten thousand Americans traveled to Germany to study in universities renowned for their research and teaching. By the mid-twentieth century, American institutions led the world. How did America become the center of excellence in higher education? And what does that story reveal about who will lead in the twenty-first century?
Allies and Rivals is the first history of the ascent of American higher education seen through the lens of German-American exchange. In a series of compelling portraits of such leaders as Wilhelm von Humboldt, Martha Carey Thomas, and W. E. B. Du Bois, Emily J. Levine shows how academic innovators on both sides of the Atlantic competed and collaborated to shape the research university. Even as nations sought world dominance through scholarship, universities retained values apart from politics and economics. Open borders enabled Americans to unite the English college and German PhD to create the modern research university, a hybrid now replicated the world over. In a captivating narrative spanning one hundred years, Levine upends notions of the university as a timeless ideal, restoring the contemporary university to its rightful place in history. In so doing she reveals that innovation in the twentieth century was rooted in international cooperation—a crucial lesson that bears remembering today.


We are now headed into our third year of a global pandemic if you start the clock when COVID-19 appeared in China. This prolonged time of adaptation has tested us on so many levels. It has caused us to see the fragility of our health, education, economic, social, and political systems. On an organizational and personal level, it has asked us to let go of normal practices and accelerate how fast we adapt to changing conditions.
After nearly two years of adaptations, we are at a different place than we were before. Some people I talk to still think things will return to being familiar and predictable – a new normal with a little bit of change. I think something more significant is going on, where our future will be continual adaptations that will significantly change who we are becoming. There is a growing consciousness and mindfulness that seems to be emerging. Before the pandemic, our lives were frenetic and filled with things to do. Now, the pandemic has slowed that life down and allowed for space to reflect and question if we still want to live on a treadmill, generating wealth and power for others that are not distributed across the system.
In place of the frenetic pace of life, we have been forced to change just about everything. So, our adaptative responses have increased in speed, urgency, and importance. At the same time, we have had more time to reflect and practice adapting to change. If there was ever a recipe for deep transformation – this would be it. We are letting go of forms and seeking purpose.
In nature, form follows function. In human life, our forms need to support our purpose. When forms no longer serve the larger function, nature seamlessly lets go of the form to serve the system. For example, a mountain stream doesn’t hesitate at the top of a cliff as it flows down the mountain toward sea level. Instead, it seamlessly shifts from a stream flowing over rocks to a waterfall and then back to another form.
In human systems, we often fall in love with our forms and hold tightly to them even when they no longer serve our purpose or the organizational purpose. COVID-19 and its variations have been an exercise of forcing letting go of forms that no longer serve a purpose. In the end, our organizations, and we as individuals, have learned to question more deeply the forms that we are holding on to. This has caused us to look deeply at our habits of extraction of natural resources to see if our short-term thinking and consumerism will serve our future. For example, our views of social justice have changed deeply as we see the forms that are not serving large percentages of our communities. Further, during the pandemic, we have had to redesign restaurants to accommodate staffing challenges.
In closing, I invite you to take some downtime over the final weeks of 2021 to nurture your mind and body. Take time to enjoy family, friends, and yourself. Then, as the new year emerges, I invite you to reflect on how you have changed over the past two years.
What forms have you let go of? In what new ways are you structuring your life? How are you thinking differently about things? What won’t you do in the future that you used to do unquestionably? I’d love to hear your answers in the comment section.


In a Bus Driver Unpaid Overtime lawsuit, you can claim that your employer failed to compensate you for all hours you worked. School bus drivers are typically paid only $14 an hour and are entitled to overtime pay of $21 per hour. They claim that they work an average of 50 hours a week and therefore should have been paid $21 an hour for the last 10 hours they worked. However, they are only paid $14 an hour for seven hours of work and three hours of overtime. In these circumstances, a lawsuit could be filed to recover up to $2,500 and three years of back pay.
The settlement agreement is not fair, adequate, and reasonable
The Court analyzed whether the proposed Settlement agreement for bus driver unpaid overtime lawsuit was fair, adequate, and reasonable. This analysis was based on the strength of the Plaintiffs’ case versus the Defendants’ defenses, including the genuine issue of overtime exemption. If the Settlement Agreement were to proceed to trial, it would be complex, involving extensive additional discovery and summary judgment briefing.
The plaintiffs had been working for nearly five years for the bus company when they filed suit for unpaid overtime. This lawsuit alleged that the company was underpaying them for hours they worked beyond 40. The bus company had a policy of not paying overtime wages to drivers, so the drivers were unable to collect their overtime wages until they filed a class action lawsuit. The agency responded by dismissing the first claim as moot, citing a previous grievance settlement. The Commission noted that the complaint was filed before the settlement was reached, but the driver was not required to sign the Settlement agreement.
Liquidated damages are not a substitute for liquidated damages
Under the Walsh-Healey Act, the United States Attorney General can bring a civil action to recover liquidated damages on behalf of an employee. However, liquidated damages are not a substitute for actual damages. The act requires that the employee prove that he or she was misclassified as a bus driver to collect them. A bus driver’s compensation should reflect the amount of time the bus driver spent driving.
A bus driver may not seek liquidated damages in a bus driver unpaid overtime lawsuit unless the driver is unable to make ends meet because the employer failed to pay him the overtime he worked. Nonetheless, it is important to note that liquidated damages are more likely to be enforced when the contract was made. This is because certain injuries are easy to calculate, such as lost sales. Then again, the same can’t be said for a breach of a confidentiality agreement or stealing trade secrets. Liquidated damages must be difficult to quantify, but a court will not enforce an award unless it is reasonable.
While the FLSA allows employers to recover liquidated damages as part of an unpaid overtime lawsuit, the employer must show good faith and reasonable grounds for believing that they did not violate the FLSA. If the employer can prove that they did everything in their power to avoid liquidated damages, they may be awarded no liquidated damages at all, and liquidated damages cannot exceed section 216 of this title.
Class-based litigation is a form of litigation used to pursue unpaid overtime claims
Many bus drivers are not aware that they can file class-based overtime lawsuits against their employers. Overtime claims are commonly made by workers who have not received the appropriate wages. Many times, they are not even aware that their employers have a right to double their overtime pay. While most drivers would rather take their chance at fighting for their rights, there are some limitations.
A class-based lawsuit can be more effective than filing an individual civil claim since many drivers can file in bulk. Typically, a bus driver may not have a high-profile case if he is too busy. Nonetheless, a class-based lawsuit may be the only way to make your claim. If you believe you are owed back wages, you should pursue class-based overtime claims if you don’t have the funds to file a solo suit.
In Tyson v. Bouaphakeo, the US Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to award Tyson workers. Tyson was accused of failing to pay meatpacking workers for time spent donning and doffing protective gear. However, a class can’t include individuals who weren’t injured. In the end, a jury awarded Bouaphakeo $6 million in damages. That’s enough to cover about two hours of Tyson’s operating profits.


Objectives: Provide participants with state-of-the-art knowledge about new standards, methods and tools for evidence-based health care (EBHC), shared decision-making and implementation science, such as decision-support in the electronic health record. Understand that living evidence and guidance is here to stay, following COVID-19. Understand why MAGIC and Lovisenberg have partnered to enhance the evidence ecosystem and how they will work together. Clarify opportunities and responsibilities for implementing EBHC and high-quality patient care in Norway in the evidence ecosystem. Target groups: Decision- and policy-makers in Norway, responsible for patient safety and quality in health care (Dept of Health, Health Directorate, Norwegian Medical Association, Regional Health Authorities, Universities). Patients/consumer-advocates involved in health care. Clinicians, researchers, educators and innovators interested in EBHC, and how they can join the evidence ecosystem, through the MAGIC Lovisenberg partnership . Introduction by Professor Vandvik
Professor Per Vandvik chaired the session and introduced the program. A story starting with his accidental discovery of evidence-based medicine in 2003 to realize remaining global challenges in EBHC, addressed through MAGICapp and a digital and trustworthy evidence ecosystem, now to be enhanced in an exciting partnership with Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital: A journey of MAGIC dimensions!
Presentation by Professor Agoritsas
Professor Thomas Agoritsas demonstrated how trustworthy decision support is key to succeed with safe and high-quality health care. This is never enough, which is why an enhanced digital and trustworthy evidence ecosystem is needed, ideally with living evidence and guidance as seen through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presentation by Stijn van de Velde
Senior Researcher Stijn van de Velde presented how MAGIC and Lovisenberg aims to demonstrate increased value and reduced waste in health care, inviting Norwegian hospitals and other actors to further enhance the evidence ecosystem (the E3 project).
Presentation by Dr. Godlee
Dr. Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief at BMJ, will present advances in living evidence and guidance and how these challenge scientific publishers.
Presentation by Professor Elliott
Professor Julian Elliott, head of Living Evidence Consortium, will introduce what it is and present how Australia is pioneering living guidelines in health care, with Cochrane as dedicated partner.
Presentation by Professor Leng
Professor Gillian Leng, CEO at NICE, will present their new strategy and why moving to living guidelines represents a pillar, materialized through COVID-19.
Presentation by Dr. Diaz
Dr. Janet Diaz, Lead, Clinical Team for COVID-19 Response at WHO, will present why and how they entered the living guideline era, now transforming guidance across the organization.
Plenary discussion
Plenary discussion chaired by Professor Per Vandvik, with reflections from Ecosystem actors on:
Trustworthy guidelines: Available with impact on delivered care, and coming from where? Is living evidence and guidance really here to stay?
We encourage all participants to ask questions, with some invited to comment from the floor.


I've made a habit of telling my 15-month-old, "life is maintenance," whenever I do the dishes after a meal. At first, it was just a way of making myself smile, but I think I'll continue for two reasons. First, it's a helpful corrective to our innovation-obsessed culture. Second, it's the clearest picture of faithfulness I've inherited, and I want to pass it on.
I wouldn't say I
love washing dishes, but I do value it, even though I did very few dishes growing up. In our house, doing the dishes was one of my dad's many ministries. He also led the ministries of driving us around, making good sandwiches, praying for us at night, and reminding us that, one day, he would die. And make no mistake, each of these was a real and valuable ministry that cared for us. In each, he ministered to his family in body and soul.
And I left him to it.
I ran off to play with my toys and my video games. Then, I borrowed his car to drive a girl I liked around. I went to parties he preferred me to skip. I even huffed once (or twice), "there are no clean dishes!" But the dishes always got clean. He waited up late for years. He still offers to drive me places.
I didn't always notice, but Love was there, at the kitchen sink of all places. I ran off; I looked everywhere it wasn't and, still, Love was there. Present and faithful, and a little soapy.
The word pious sound a little, well,
pious, and we don't really like pious people. Piety, at its most basic, seems to mean religious practice. The Modern Catholic Dictionary defines it as "the moral virtue by which a person is disposed to render to God the worship and service he deserves." This may sound suspiciously like drudgery, and that's because it isn't an exceptional event. God deserves worship and service day after day, moment by moment. You might say that the most fitting form of piety for normal people is the ordinary, unremarkable maintenance of daily life done in joyful service.
One day, when my father is buried, I will recall him at the kitchen sink, plunging his worn and cracked hands into hot water. I will remember the tears I cried as a teenager when I broke a well-loved teacup he'd washed hundreds of times. Was it just a cup? Yes. Did we eat ice cream out of it? Yes again. It was nothing special on the surface, but my dad had washed it before I was born. He cared for it as he cared for his family, with loving care and attention, again and again.
In taking care day after day—of the cups and his family—he was revealing the divine love of God. I didn't know it at the time, but I was watching a saint at work.
So now, as he gave himself and his hands up for me, I will lay my own down at the kitchen sink.


Abstract
Enhancers have been conventionally perceived as cis-acting elements that provide binding sites for trans-acting factors. However, recent studies have shown that enhancers are transcribed and that these transcripts, called enhancer RNAs (eRNAs), have a regulatory function. Here, we identified putative eRNAs by profiling and determining the overlap between noncodi ng RNA expressi on l oci and eRNA-associated histone marks such as H3K27ac and H3K4me1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines. Of the 132 HCC-derived noncoding RNAs, 74 overlapped with the eRNA loci defined by the FANTOM consortium, and 65 were located in the proximal regions of genes differentially expressed between normal and tumor tissues in TCGA dataset. Interestingly, knockdown of two selected putative eRNAs, THUMPD3-AS1 and LINC01572, led to downregulation of their target mRNAs and to a reduction in the proliferation and migration of HCC cells. Additionally, the expression of these two noncoding RNAs and target mRNAs was elevated in tumor samples in the TCGA dataset, and high expression was associated with poor survival of patients. Collectively, our study suggests that noncoding RNAs such as THUMPD3-AS1 and LINC01572 (i.e., putative eRNAs) can promote the transcription of genes involved in cell proliferation and differentiation and that the dysregulation of these noncoding RNAs can cause cancers such as HCC.
Keywords Enhancer RNA Hepatocellular carcinoma Long noncoding RNA RNA polymerase II Transcribed enhancer Transcriptional regulation


Epoxy resins made from natural materials have numerous advantages over those made from petroleum derived chemicals. Isosorbide and its isomers, isomannide and isoidide, can react similarly to bisphenol A to produce diglycidyl ethers that may be used as epoxy resins. These materials have comparable mechanical properties to bisphenol A based epoxies when produced under similar conditions. However, the sugar derived epoxies take up a significant amount of water, which is detrimental to their use in many applications. Modification of these materials with hydrophobic molecules may be an effective method of reducing water uptake.


Does sepsis happen quickly?
“When an infection reaches a certain point, this
can happen in a matter of hours.” Sepsis usually starts out as an infection in just one part of the body, such as a skin wound or a urinary tract infection, Tracey says. Why does sepsis kill so quickly?
The reason that
septic shock is so deadly is that the body’s overwhelming immune system response to the infection may cause damage to the body’s other organ systems. Sepsis may kill through multi-organ failure or a drastic drop in blood pressure. How long does it take for sepsis to turn into septic shock?
It is not uncommon for someone to seem completely well and normal
one day, and be incredibly sick with sepsis, or even septic shock, 48 hours later. The risk of death is significant if sepsis leads to septic shock, with approximately 40% of septic shock patients dying, even with treatment. Can sepsis cause sudden death?
When the infection-fighting processes turn on the body, they
cause organs to function poorly and abnormally. Sepsis may progress to septic shock. This is a dramatic drop in blood pressure that can lead to severe organ problems and death. How do you feel with sepsis? A patient with sepsis might have one or more of the following signs or symptoms: High heart rate or low blood pressure. Fever, shivering, or feelingvery cold. Confusion or disorientation. Shortness of breath. Extreme pain or discomfort. Clammy or sweaty skin. What is the life expectancy of someone with sepsis?
Patients with severe
sepsis have a high ongoing mortality after severe sepsis with only 61% surviving five years. They also have a significantly lower physical QOL compared to the population norm but mental QOL scores were only slightly below population norms up to five years after severe sepsis. What are the red flags for sepsis?
has swelling, redness or pain around a cut or wound. has a very high or low temperature, feels hot or cold to the touch, or is shivering.
What happens when your body goes into septic shock?
Severe
sepsis is when the infection is severe enough to affect the function of your organs, such as the heart, brain, and kidneys. Septic shock is when you experience a significant drop in blood pressure that can lead to respiratory or heart failure, stroke, failure of other organs, and death. What does sepsis look like on the skin?
The following are the most common symptoms of
sepsis. However, each person may experience symptoms differently. People with sepsis often develop a hemorrhagic rash—a cluster of tiny blood spots that look like pinpricks in the skin. If untreated, these gradually get bigger and begin to look like fresh bruises. What are the 3 stages of sepsis?
There are three stages of sepsis: sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic
shock. How do hospitals treat sepsis? Doctors and nurses should treat sepsis with antibiotics as soon as possible. Antibiotics are critical tools for treating life-threatening infections, like those that can lead to sepsis. However, as antibiotic resistance grows, infections are becoming more difficult to treat. Does sepsis affect the brain? Sepsis often is characterized by an acute brain dysfunction, which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Its pathophysiology is highly complex, resulting from both inflammatory and noninflammatory processes, which may induce significant alterations in vulnerable areas of the brain. What does sepsis mean on a death certificate? Sepsis – a severe disease with a high mortality ratio. Despite recent advances in medicine sepsis remains one of the leading immediate causes of death in critically ill patients. Sepsis is defined as Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) caused by an infective organism, may it be bacterial, viral or fungal. What causes death from septic shock?
In the worst cases, blood pressure drops, the heart weakens, and the patient spirals toward
septic shock. Once this happens, multiple organs—lungs, kidneys, liver—may quickly fail, and the patient can die. Sepsis is a major challenge in hospitals, where it’s one of the leading causes of death. Is sepsis the hospital’s fault? Sepsis can be life-threatening and cause death if it isn’t diagnosed and treated promptly. When sepsis occurs due to medical negligence, patients (or their families in cases of death) may be able to file a medical malpractice claim against the doctor, hospital, or other responsible parties.


Perhaps you’ve encountered Luminous Egress building codes and wondered what they were. Simply put, they’re safety features. As the world moves at unprecedented rates, there’s a growing concern for safety in high-rise commercial buildings.
The building codes keep changing with time to preserve public safety and health. Subsequently, all commercial buildings must adhere to the new regulations adopted by the IBC (International Building Codes).
What are Luminous Egress Building Codes?
Luminous Egress Building Codes involve the use of photoluminescent materials that comply with UL 1994 and ASTM E2072 standards to mark direction paths and ensure safety during an emergency.
Unlike traditional exit signage which requires electricity to function, Luminous Egress markings don’t need batteries, circuits, or wiring. The self-luminous materials provides visual delineation of all exits; therefore, occupants can safely navigate through the exits.
2021 IBC Luminous Egress Changes
The 2021 compliance guide has several changes that were not included in the previous 2018 guide. They include:
1001.1 (General) – High-rise buildings will be provided with the required Luminous Egress path markings, which include the design, arrangement, and construction of the egress components. 1002.1 (Maintenance) – Maintenance of the egress will follow the international Luminous Egress fire codes. 1009.3.2 (Stairway width) – There shall be a minimum width of 48 inches between the stairways and handrails. Nonetheless, the clear 48-inch width with not be a requirement for buildings with automatic sprinkler systems. 1009.4 (Elevators) – To be considered as part of the means of egress, elevators must comply by having standby power. Handrails should have a solid continuous stripe on the surface from one end to the other. Emergency doors shall be marked by a luminous “emergency exit” symbol which shall be mounted horizontally on the door. Dimensions and placement of markings shall be uniform and consistent throughout the same building. What's Special about the New Luminous Egress Building Codes? They save lives
The luminous markings aid occupants in safe exit paths in an emergency without depending on the electrical system. During the collapse of the World Trade Center, people could not use the emergency exit sufficiently because the central lighting system was damaged.
A New Dawn for Luminous Egress Building Codes
Following the Luminous Egress fire codes and keeping your path markers up to date ensures that the occupants of a commercial building are safe in case of an emergency.
Express has developed a partnership with premium industry manufacturers to install Luminous Egress material for newly constructed high-rise buildings and existing buildings, plus we can take care of all the plans for city approval along with installation. Whether you are unveiling a new building or need to update your existing building to comply with the codes, let our team walk you through the process every step of the way.


Intersectionality is a feminist sociological theory first highlighted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (1989). Intersectionality is a methodology of studying "the relationships among multiple dimensions and modalities of social relationships and subject formations" (McCall 2005). The theory suggests—and seeks to examine how—various biological, social and cultural categories such as gender, race, class, ability, sexual orientation, and other axes of identity interact on multiple and often simultaneous levels, contributing to systematic social inequality. Intersectionality holds that the classical conceptualizations of oppression within society, such as racism, sexism, homophobia, and religion-based bigotry, do not act independently of one another; instead, these forms of oppression interrelate, creating a system of oppression that reflects the "intersection" of multiple forms of discrimination.


Background: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) is an established diagnostic procedure for solid pancreatic mass. However, the diagnostic yield between fineneedle aspiration (FNA) and fine-needle biopsy (FNB) remains unclear. Thus, we aimed to evaluate and compare the diagnostic yields between FNA and FNB using conventional FNA and Franseen needles of the same size (22 gauge), respectively, in patients with solid pancreatic mass who underwent EUS-TA without rapid onsite cytopathology evaluation (ROSE). Methods: All cases of EUS-TA by FNA or FNB for solid pancreatic mass between January 2017 and October 2020 in a single center university hospital were retrospectively reviewed. The procedure was performed without an onsite cytologist. After macroscopic onsite evaluation (MOSE), the endoscopist finished the procedure. The diagnostic yield and the average number of needle passes between FNB and FNA were then compared. Results: A total of 151 patients (FNA, n = 77; FNB, n = 74) with solid pancreatic mass detected by cross-sectional imaging underwent EUS-TA. The mean age was 62.3 ± 12.8 years, with 88 (58.3%) males. Age, gender, mass location, tumour size and disease stage from imaging were not significantly different. The diagnostic performance was dramatically higher in EUS-FNB (100%) than in EUS-FNA (89.6%). The mean number of needle passes was clearly fewer in FNB than FNA (2.8 vs. 3.8, p < 0.001). The total procedure time was less in FNB (34.7 minutes) than in FNA (41 minutes). The adverse event rate between FNB and FNA was not significantly different. Conclusions: The diagnostic performance for solid pancreatic mass without ROSE was significantly higher in FNB than in FNA. The number of needle passes and the total procedure time was also lesser in FNB.


The country has recorded an additional 124 positive cases of COVID-19.
The update was made by the Health Minister Dr Culwick Togamana during his daily COVID-19 update on the national broadcaster, SIBC.
Of the 124 new cases, 95 cases are recorded within the last 24-hour reporting period.
Of the 95 cases, 19 are recorded in Guadalcanal, 29 in Central, 29 in West, 11 in Honiara, 4 in Makira, 2 in Choiseul and 1 in Malaita. There was no update from Rennell Bellona, and Temotu remains the only province still free from COVID-19.
The remaining 29 cases are reported outside the reporting period, with 18 recorded in Guadalcanal and 11 in Malaita.
The cumulative total number of positive COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 8,150.
Two additional deaths were recorded over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths from COVID-19 since the outbreak to 118.
There is a notable decline in Honiara, with most of the cases now being reported from the provinces. As such, much of the effort to contain and mitigate the impacts of the virus is now focused on the provinces.
One of the key indicators for the decline in cases of COVID-19 in Honiara is the decline in hospital admissions due to COVID-19 at the national referral hospital (NRH).
The Health Minister says that there are currently 118 admissions at the NRH, and only 16 are admitted due to COVID-19. However, 3 are reportedly in critical condition while 1 is said to be severe.
He says this underlies the need for the public to get fully vaccinated, particularly the elderly and those with underlying health conditions.


Shayna Foundation, the not-for-profit housing company and a subsidiary of a housing company Urban Axis Infratech Ltd, aims to bring potential solutions to this problem. It plans to offer affordable/economical housing targeted at middle-income home seekers at 30% cheaper prices than conventional market rates.
Shayna Foundation will undertake project in the vicinity of Uttar Pradesh. According to a press release issued by the company, the foundation has segregated the project into three phases. The first phase will offer 2BHK and 3BHK homes in Tier 2 cities (Aligarh, Bijnor, & Muzaffarnagar in Western UP, Etawah & Hamirpur in the Bundelkhand region, and Hardoi, Raebareli, Amethi & Sultanpur in Eastern UP). The foundation aims to complete the projects in the next five years, targeting 50,000 houses in ten cities.
In Phase 2, Shayna Foundation intends to deliver 150,000 houses to the middle-class group in another five years in 25 cities in Western UP, Bundelkhand, Region/Central UP, and Eastern UP after finishing Phase 1. Lastly, it plans to develop 300,000 houses in 5 years in 40 cities and all the remaining cities in the UP as a part of Phase 3.
Speaking on this occasion, Shashank Gupta, Managing Director of Shayna Foundation, said, “The overall affordable property market has always remained vulnerable to the growing middle-class and working population. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated this issue with a significant price hike in housing segments, thereby shattering the home-buying dreams of this specific income group. At Shayna Foundation, we aim to cater to this issue by developing affordable real estate projects under a not-for-profit business model amid the rising inflation dispute. In this context, our company plans to deliver around 500,000 affordable modern homes in the next 15 years across all cities of Uttar Pradesh and then expand our footprints to the whole of India”.


The Kutumb Foundation has been conducting drama-in-education classes in underserved village schools in Noida since 2018, supported by HCL Foundation. Our sessions explore the family and community’s relationship to the environment through dramatic conventions and theatre and work with youth from Class III-XIII. Students also create plays on these themes, and videos are created highlighting their work. When the Pandemic came, we created a series of Sacchai ki Jeet videos where facilitators served as ‘anchors’ and students served as ‘reporters’ highlighting relevant issues in their communities. Drama-in-education serves as a profoundly effective tool to challenge power-dynamics, in particular those of patriarchy and inequitable gender relations, and is premised on problem posing rather than rote learning.
हमारे सेक्टर 12-22 प्राइमरी स्कूल के बच्चों ने 'लोकेल' पर फ्रीज़ फ्रेम्स को एक्स्प्लोर किया।
बच्चों ने ऑब्जेक्ट्स के साथ एक्स्प्लोर कर, अपने अलग-अलग किरदार की कहानियां शेयर की।
This video is a continuation from the last video where Aradhya, a student of Bakhtawarpur Primary School, reflects on her experience playing Leelavati in the Sacchai ki Jeet series.
ज्योति ने अपने बॉडी मूवमेंट और एमोशनल एक्सप्रेशन से पेड़ के भाव बताए।
In part of the 'The Object Story Drama Convention', we see how our students continued to build their story.
In this episode, the children are using the Teacher-in-Role drama convention to dig deeper and create dramatic tension in their stories. The objective is to understand the journey of food from farms to our homes.


Business success is always one of the often most searched items on the internet. Everyone wants to succeed in business but success is not something that will come without little work. To truly succeed in business you need to cultivate good habits, develop a strong work ethic, and adjust your overall mindset. Apply these six…
Setting goals is never difficult, but achieving these set goals is always the most difficult task most individuals face in life. It is a constant battle to succeed. Some individuals can achieve some major success in one aspect of their life, yet not in another. However, we as a whole have the intrinsic ability to…


That is the size of the global cybersecurity workforce gap. The breakdown is around 498,000 in North America, 136,000 in Latin America, 142,000 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with the largest deficit coming in Asia Pacific at 2.14 million. But what does this big, scary number even mean? Where did it come from?
First, this new Cybersecurity Workforce Study from (ISC)² has evolved from past studies to become a more accurate representation of the broader workforce. We surveyed nearly 1,500 professionals around the world who spend at least 25% of their time on cybersecurity activities, which includes IT/ICT professionals who previously may not have been considered part of the cyber workforce.
To ensure our numbers were accurate and representative, we worked with our research partner (Spiceworks) to develop a rigorous sample design for each region. The sample within each country was controlled to ensure a mix of company sizes and industries. Some statistically significant differences between regions noted in the report may be due to regional differences in scale usage.
With a more precise look at who is actually doing the work, we also changed how the gap itself was calculated. Some legacy gap calculations subtracted supply from demand which didn’t consider relevant factors like organizational growth.
For the demand, we start with a calculation of the current percent of organizations with job openings – this represents the expected share of organizations that will have hiring demand. Among organizations surveyed, most (83%) indicated that they had open cybersecurity positions. Next, average hires are estimated. To make the number more precise, we used information across company size and combine these estimates to extrapolate future staffing needs for the total market (all business entities) using data from various government sources.
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Our calculation of the supply includes new entrants to the field – academic and nonacademic alike – which was linked to secondary market data. We also took into account the number of/rate of professionals who historically have shifted into roles with more cybersecurity responsibilities by combining both primary survey data with secondary market data.²
What Does the Gap Mean?
Our research does not propose there are 2.93 million cybersecurity job postings open right now. The (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study gap is an assessment of the demand for skilled cyber professionals based on the input from the cybersecurity workforce on the front lines every day. But what does this actually mean to the workforce?
Globally 37% of professionals stated the lack of skilled/experienced cybersecurity personnel was their top job concern. Additionally, 63% of respondents said their organizations have a shortage of staff dedicated to cybersecurity, and 60% said their organizations were at a moderate or extreme risk of cyberattacks due to that shortage.
Our industry is painfully aware of the challenges that organizations face when staffing qualified cyber teams, and the purpose of finding and sharing the gap is not to shout that the sky is falling, but rather build awareness of the need for talent and training, and advocate for solutions that will benefit the workforce, and to ultimately inspire a safe and secure cyber world.
For more on the impact of the gap, and other findings from the study, download the full report.
1 : U.S. Census Bureau - Geography Area Series: County Business Patterns by Employment Size Class (2015 Business Patterns), Statistics Canada, Instituto Nacional De Estadistica Y Geografia (Mexico), Office for National Statistics (U.K.), EU Commission and Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) (France and Germany), Australian Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan) ²: Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, CompTIA Cyberstates 2018, Cybersecurity Workforce Alliance (Australia)


An employment dispute can be a high-stakes affair for both the employee and the company. A highly compensated executive may have devoted a significant part of his or her professional life to building up a business, resulting in significant contract expectations. The company, on the other hand, is charged with enhancing shareholder value and stewarding corporate resources. The result may be a hard-fought lawsuit that requires aggressive pursuit of contract and equitable rights. Briol & Benson has successfully pursued and defended against multimillion-dollar employment claims in many jurisdictions.
In the United States federal court for the Central District of California, Briol acted as lead trial counsel for a corporate client in a dispute with the company’s former chairman of the board regarding stock options. Briol’s client claimed the options had been canceled when the chairman surrendered his personal business license under questionable circumstances in another state. The case was settled after Briol took the former chairman’s deposition, during which he asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 222 times.
Briol represented a CEO departing on terms from a Fortune 100 company, successfully negotiating his contract buyout and the public face of the separation.


You can choose from a variety of VPN services nowadays. And many of them may even be making claims of offering complete anonymity. While a VPN service does somewhat help in making your connection secure and private, saying that it makes you completely anonymous is not true.
Allow us to guide you on what a VPN does for you. And for that, we will need to understand what a VPN is and what you can expect from it. So, let’s get started:
What is a VPN?
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) encrypts the information traveling between you and the end server. Your entire activity, including your physical location, the websites you visit, and more, are hidden from the world outside. However, your information is still visible to the VPN service.
How does a VPN offer Privacy?
The most prominent feature offered by a VPN is enhanced privacy. It does this by masking your actual IP address and further replacing it with an IP from a different geo-location. As a result, the website you may be visiting may think you are in Italy, while in reality, you may be sitting in the US.
Does a VPN make you Anonymous?
When you log in through a VPN service, your information becomes visible to the VPN service itself. For instance, you use a VPN Chrome extension on your Google Chrome browser. Now, suppose you want to visit the Amazon website with the help of a VPN. Now, Amazon might think that you are sitting in a different region of the world, but the VPN service will know exactly where you are because it is the one encrypting your connection.
Furthermore, your digital footprint contributes significantly to revealing information about you on the internet. The websites you visit, transactions made, or the searches made tell what kind of a person you are. And if a person has the proper knowledge and tools, they can easily deduce who you are and where you might be.
Why Use a VPN if not for Anonymity?
While a VPN cannot make you completely anonymous, connecting through them is still the sensible thing to do. Here are a few prominent features of a VPN service:
IP Masking
The most significant benefit that a VPN offers is its ability to mask your actual IP. A VPN can easily hide your real IP address and replace it with a virtual IP address from a different region in the world. This benefit serves people who wish to access geo-restricted content remotely.
Data Encryption
A VPN can encrypt your data successfully. A VPN service should be your go-to option to prevent your data from being hacked or spied upon.
Counter to ISP Throttling
Several ISPs are often busy throttling the download speeds on certain websites. ISPs often do this to restrict the download speed on a specific website to increase it on a competitor’s website. You might not even know if your ISP is throttling internet speeds. You can avoid ISP throttling entirely if you opt for the right VPN service. As a result, you would gain access to better download speeds and avoid buffering or stuttering issues.
No Logs Policy
Almost every VPN claims to follow a strict no-logs policy. While this is not the case for several VPNs, some VPNs strictly follow a no-logs policy. A strict no-logs policy ensures that your data is not sold to third parties and you do not become a victim of spam emails or phishing scams.
Dedicated IPs
A VPN can also offer access to a dedicated IP for your online activities. A dedicated IP would mean that you will be the only one with access to a specific IP. A dedicated IP would be great for you if you need it for an organization and you need to access its servers remotely.
Internet Kill Switch
Some VPNs also offer Internet Kill Switches. An Internet Kill Switch ensures that your internet traffic remains private even when your VPN connection drops. A VPN does this by instantly terminating your internet connection once your VPN connection drops.
The Final Verdict
No matter what a VPN service may claim, it would help if you remembered that no VPN could make you anonymous. A VPN can encrypt your information and create a private environment, but anonymity is not guaranteed.


Title:
Groundwater-surface water connectivity of heavily modified rivers, County Durham, UK
Groundwater and surface-water systems have long been considered fragmentally, lacking a holistic integrated understanding that is considered essential for sustainable catchment management. The high heterogeneity of local systems and the influence on water quality is typically unaccounted due to limited monitoring of hydrologic and hydraulic variables, particularly of minor aquifers. Often there is a dearth in understandings of the system characteristics, consequently impacting on wider catchment management. This thesis focuses specifically on water bodies in County Durham that are heavy modified attributing to their industrial past, with the current water quality being compromised by a multitude of historic and contemporary pressures. The research employs a combination of desk- and field-based approaches to investigate flow and solute patterns and processes operating at the groundwater-surface water interface. The research demonstrates that through the collation of spatial data it is possible to assess the stream-aquifer connectivity by evaluating simple patterns in the landscape characteristics. In-turn challenging the local-scale connections and leading to subsequent investigations of the groundwater-surface water controls on water quality. Field-based investigations of the local systems highlight the integral role of near-stream sediments on the fate of flow and solutes from the surface and subsurface. Through the application of numerical modelling, flow pathways have been further interpreted, assessing the spatial and temporal interactions at the stream-aquifer interface in response to changing hydrological conditions. Findings indicate the likely role of the shallow groundwater having a detrimental effect on the cycling of flow, with dynamic responses reflecting variations in stream levels, thus highlighting the need to consider processes at the stream-aquifer interface that are typically overlooked. The findings of this research challenge the predominant targeted reductionist approaches to water management in systems of this sort, where the influence of the multitude of pressures pathways and their relation to the contemporary water quality has been overlooked. There is a need for practitioners to consider the freshwater systems over multiple dimensions and time to achieve sustainable water management.


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dc.contributor.author Söderberg, Malin dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-09T12:26:54Z dc.date.available 2022-08-09T12:26:54Z dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/2077/73275 dc.description.abstract This thesis aims to answer the research question How are the national prostitution laws in Germany
and Sweden received by actors in the prostitution field. To do this a critical discourse analysis (CDA)
has been used as a qualitative method to analyze findings from website content and interviews. This
analytical approach helped connect the collected data and critically explore the interplay between the
laws and social reality. The results of the analysis showed that German actors were divided in their
opinions, some being completely against the law, and some in favor of the law. The Swedish actors
were united in their opinions and had a strong positive view of the Swedish law and how it reflects
reality. Before conducting the research, it was assumed that the Swedish Sexköpslag is better equipped
to offer freedom and consent to those involved in prostitution, than the German ProstG. Therefore, the
thesis discussion strives for an in-depth exploration of to what extent prostitution could be seen as a
cause for social conflict according to Honneth’s recognition theory. Additionally, the thesis takes
interest in feminst scholars’ discussion regarding the concepts of freedom and consent. This is also
discussed in the context of the German and Swedish prostitution laws. The discussion showed that the
assumption has truth to it. en_US dc.language.iso eng en_US dc.subject Prostitution, Europe, Germany, Sweden, Freedom, Consent, CDA, Prostitution Laws, European Union en_US dc.title LET’S TALK ABOUT FREEDOM AND CONSENT - Prostitution in Germany and Sweden en_US dc.type Text dc.setspec.uppsok SocialBehaviourLaw dc.type.uppsok H2 dc.contributor.department Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen swe dc.contributor.department University of Gothenburg/Department of Political Science eng dc.type.degree Master theses


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Bada Business’ ‘India Revival Mission’ initiative was launched in April by ace business coach and founder and CEO of Bada Business, Dr. Vivek Bindra, to help entrepreneurs hail from different niches to survive and thrive their businesses during this pandemic.
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According to a new report from Coalition, the frequency and cost of ransomware attacks have decreased. From H2 2021 to H1 2022, ransomware payment requests dropped from $1.37 million to $896,000. Of the incidents leading to a payment, Coalition policyholders paid an average of about 20% of the amount initially claimed. As organizations become more aware of ransomware, they have implemented better controls, allowing them to recover operations without paying.
Over the past three years, cyber-attacks have evolved into a viable criminal business model, with ransomware gangs holding large organizations hostage in exchange for exorbitant fees. By 2022, many of the best ransomware variants could be directly associated with or leased from the Conti ransomware gang, such as Karakurt – a well-known data extortion arm of Conti. The FBI estimates that attacks related to Conti have paid out more than $150 million, making Conti the most expensive form of ransomware ever.
While ransomware has declined, Coalition’s report, 2022 Cyber Claims: Mid-year Update, shows that phishing has become one of the most common attack vectors leading to cyber insurance claims – accounting for nearly 60% of claims, an increase of 32% from 2021.
Coalition also noted that phishing often leads to FTF events, where threat actors steal money by redirecting or altering payment instructions. The severity of FTF increased by 3% in 2022, demonstrating a consistent three-year annual growth rate.
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The Coalition’s report comes from a collection of claims and incident data from the more than 160,000 organizations it protects. This report examined claim data from the Coalition’s North American policyholders, including the most notable claim events and cyber-attacks, in the first half of 2022.
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Our dedicated, experienced staff has trained early-stage science and technology innovators in topics like business model development, customer discovery, team dynamics, value chains, and intellectual property as they take the steps they need to launch their products and ventures.
Camillo coordinates activities that are key for the implementation of the VentureWell Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) Assessment Management Program. He supports the development of a range of industry partners to support the VentureWell early stage innovators and a vibrant i&e ecosystem. Previously he worked as a commercial lines underwriter, consultant, and startup co-founder. His education background includes a BBA in Finance and Operations and an MBA with a focus on data analytics from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst.Camillo Archuleta, Senior Program Officer
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"Aptly titled, this book provides a realistic perspective on the challenges of, to use a metaphor, changing the tires on your car while you are driving on the freeway. Powe and Weems provide a handy, thoughtful, practical, and inspirational book focused on leading churches through today's disruptive environment, rather than playing it safe by continuing a steady decline into obsolescence. The wisdom they provide extends to any for-purpose organization."
Clergy and other church leaders often feel pressed to preserve cherished traditions even as they direct people to discern the new thing God is doing. They face this tension of sustaining tradition while guiding fresh initiatives and addressing unfamiliar issues. Frederick Douglas Powe Jr. and Lovett H. Weems Jr. guide leaders in stewarding traditions while seeking innovative opportunities for faith communities.
Sustaining While Disrupting: The Challenge of Congregational Innovation offers church leaders theological insights and practical skills for two crucial tasks: to sustain and strengthen foundational elements of the churches they serve and to guide the critical innovation required to address a context vastly different from the one that current assumptions and behaviors fit. Powe and Weems argue that approaching these tasks as competing claims does not work and that new expressions of faith are needed to engender church vitality. They explain the different approaches needed for each task and specify the knowledge and practices leaders require.
While some church leaders start new ministries to reach the unserved, most clergy lead in well-established churches. They have a history, traditions, and a reputation in the community. From that base, Powe and Weems show how leaders can look forward to faithful new callings.
Publisher Fortress Press Format Paperback ISBN 9781506479200 eBook ISBN 9781506479217 Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5 Pages 148 Publication Date October 18, 2022 Endorsements
Barry Z. Posner, Accolti Endowed Professor of Leadership; chair, department of management and entrepreneurship, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University; and coauthor of
The Leadership Challenge and Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership
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Sustaining While Disrupting achieves the rare feat of being timely and timeless. The practical tips will be a welcomed by those who love the church but see it struggling to be fruitful today. At the same time, the insights on these pages have the potential to reverberate for generations of church leaders to come. Powe and Weems have offered us a precious gift. May we sit in the tensions of its truth and be compelled toward vibrancy at the nexus point of sustaining while disrupting!"
Heber Brown III, executive director, The Black Church Food Security Network
"If I could choose one book to give congregational presidents and pastors this year, it would be the one you hold in your hands. Nothing is more important (and more challenging) than leading communities in the practices of sustaining and innovating, both essential to Christian faithfulness. In these readable pages, Powe and Weems provide the biblical grounding, contextual urgency, and practical wisdom for sustaining beloved communities while also disrupting them with faithful innovation."
Ann Svennungsen, bishop, Minneapolis Area Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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Sustaining While Disrupting is precisely the correct title for this outstanding book. Church leaders know we live in an era of convergence and divergence. This moment is not new for the church. But many books about congregations lean on demographics or business models. Maintaining while innovating is soul work in all realms of life, however, including congregational life. Refreshingly, Powe and Weems use theological reflection as the foundation for a transformative design, shaping their propositions based on the struggles of the council in Jerusalem as represented in Acts. They also offer tools and skills as gifts for the long haul, not a quick fix. Read, discern, act, and celebrate the wide-open future of the church."
Tim Shapiro, president, Center for Congregations
"I found myself taking notes in every chapter as I read
Sustaining While Disrupting. In a disorienting, pandemic-impacted time, Weems and Powe offer in this timely book clear insights, practical strategies, and abundant wisdom for church leaders on how to take faithful next steps in ministry and leadership."
Tom Berlin, lead pastor, Floris United Methodist Church, and author of
Courage: Jesus and the Call to Brave Faith


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